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Lighting a Fire in the Rain: An Interview with Travis

Two decades on, lauded Scottish rockers Travis reflect on the re-issue of their masterpiece The Man Who along with their pivotal Glastonbury performance, which launched the group to new heights.

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Volume 1 is a pleasant love letter to '70s rock, but rarely does it transcend its constituent members and feel like a true "super group" album.

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"Magnificent Time" is an apt title for this bouncy, infectious slice of British indie pop.

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After a long absence, devoted fans of the band Travis agree their return was worth the wait.

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Fifteen covers performed with as fine a sense of group interplay as you’ll find outside the jazz world.

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Taking a break from his 14 years of fronting Travis, Fran Healy gets Neko Case and Paul McCartney to help contribute to his first solo outing, and, in sitting down with PopMatters, reveals how these collaborations came into fruition, how intentional Travis' album art really was, and why he now feels like he's committing musical polygamy ...

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Travis' chief singer and songwriter goes it alone. Some of it sounds like his band and some of it does not -- not a bad way to start a solo career.

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In Brit terms, this is more Libertines than Coldplay. In other words, this is a real rock record. It’s morbid rather than morose, bluesy not blue.

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Lighting a Fire in the Rain: An Interview with Travis

Two decades on, lauded Scottish rockers Travis reflect on the re-issue of their masterpiece The Man Who along with their pivotal Glastonbury performance, which launched the group to new heights.

BNQT: Volume 1

Volume 1 is a pleasant love letter to '70s rock, but rarely does it transcend its constituent members and feel like a true "super group" album.

Travis - "Magnificent Time" (Singles Going Steady)

"Magnificent Time" is an apt title for this bouncy, infectious slice of British indie pop.

Travis: 23 September 2013 – New York

After a long absence, devoted fans of the band Travis agree their return was worth the wait.

Counting Crows: Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)

Fifteen covers performed with as fine a sense of group interplay as you’ll find outside the jazz world.

Musical Polygamy: An Interview with Travis' Fran Healy

Fran Healy: Wreckorder

Travis' chief singer and songwriter goes it alone. Some of it sounds like his band and some of it does not -- not a bad way to start a solo career.

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Travis: Ode to J. Smith

In Brit terms, this is more Libertines than Coldplay. In other words, this is a real rock record. It’s morbid rather than morose, bluesy not blue.

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Travis: The Boy With No Name

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